Plotting Earthquakes

How often do earthquakes occur?

Once every five years, once a year, once a month maybe??

Some of us may think that earthquakes only happen once in a while, but that's not true. Did you know that there are several earthquakes that occur around the world each and every single day?

Why do you think that some people would believe that earthquakes only happen about once or twice a year? I'd really like to hear your comments!

Let's see how many earthquakes have happened in the last week and plot some of our data.

View Earthquake Data Here:

USGS Earthquake Center

Volcano Album

We will be making photobooks with pictures and facts about volcanoes around the world.

1) Explore 6 different volcanoes, make sure to Right Click on the picture and save it to your zip drive. Be sure to name each picture the correct name of the volcano. Take notes on the volcanoes using your handout.

EXPLORE VOLCANOES HERE


2) Create an account with Flickr. Sign in with your Google account and password.

3) Add your photos, including the notes you took about each.

4) Save and publish your photos. Embed them into your blog by going to blogger, signing in, go to design, then add the flickr widget. Your photos will show up automatically.

Later we'll be mapping our volcanoes on Google Maps and on our world map in the classroom!

Mount Vesuvius

Today we learned what it would be like to be a Geologist and had a great discussion about Geology, more specifically these key terms: Earth's Layers, Plate Tectonics, Mountains, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Tsunamis. We found out that we already had a great deal of background knowledge concerning these topics. Monday we're going to be reading a story and looking at some primary documents that came from the tragedy in Pompeii, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79A.D. Here are some websites and a video clip you can preview to add to your prior knowledge before then. Enjoy!

Pompeii:Discovery Channel


Pompee: Virtual Photo Tour SUPER COOL!!!